No charge at battery

After some fiddling, the battery charges now. Directly ran some wires from the field terminals to the battery, proved the alternator is ok, had an output of 16 volts. In the end, deciding to replace the VR seemed to fix it right up :rolleyes:. My stubborn mentality refused to believe the thing could fail so quickly I suppose, but I've heard from a few other old chrysler drivers that the VR is a very common fail area, which influenced me enough to attempt to claim the warranty on the "old" VR I got about a year ago (Didn't work, 8 days too late, darn), and replace it.
So the lesson here: kiss principle. Don't let yourself eat up hours upon hours of fiddling around when the issue could lie right under your nose.
Now to sort out the brand new no-running deal.... wish me luck.